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Tourism, landscape, and the Irish character : British travel writers in pre-famine Ireland

Title
Tourism, landscape, and the Irish character : British travel writers in pre-famine Ireland / William H. A. Williams.
Author
Williams, W. H. A.
Publication
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2008.
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Description
xi, 267 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
Subjects
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-255) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Picturesque tourism in Ireland -- 2. Historical and religious landscapes -- 3. Putting Paddy in the picture -- 4. British tourists and the Irish stereotypes -- 5. Tourism and the semeiotics of Irish poverty -- 6. Irish poverty and the Irish character -- 7. Misreading the agricultural landscape -- 8. Discovering the moral landscape -- 9. Landscape, tourism, and the imperial imagination in Connemara -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 08-6305
ISBN
  • 0299225208 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780299225209 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2007011940
  • 40015015770
OCLC
154676897
Author
Williams, W. H. A.
Title
Tourism, landscape, and the Irish character : British travel writers in pre-famine Ireland / William H. A. Williams.
Imprint
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2008.
Series
History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-255) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Book review (H-Net)
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40015015770
Research Call Number
JFE 08-6305
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